Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-09-02

tome breCZes. GcOplc IRON various
sections of the county begun to arrive
early in the morning, and as time wore
on there were continual accessions.
including many persons from Manches-
ter and Richmond.
THE CEREMONIES.
Deputy. Grand Master Gary oflici-
ciated, and Chesterfield Lodge, No. 161,
was assisted 10y Manchester Lodge, No.
II, of which about thirty members
were present The ceremonies were
after the order usual on such occasions.
A number Of articles were deposited
in the stone-viz., date Of church or
ganization, signature of pastor, Disci-
pline, Christian Adr0cdtc, roll OF
members. &c.
After the ceremony banquet was
served and n large body of people par
took thereof. The occasion was re-
union of the Methodists Of the county,
and a charming one it was.
The PASTOR.
The Rev. J. w. Blincoe is the pastor,
and is in great favor To his sterling
efforts and indomitable energy in the
matter is largely due the success of the
undertaking. He is noted church
buildcr-a man OF affairs.
The programme was well carried ont
and the large company delighted with
their holiday and good deeds.
DIR. LAFFEETY or "LUCK."
Dr. Lafferty in tue afternoon lee
tured on Luck" He said that
preachers could not forge ahead unless
they first sanded the track with a text.
Even lecture must start with "pas-
sage of Scripture "a sort Of straight
pine pole, as it were, set in front TO
"plan up to" in laying off rows. He
quoted Solomon: "The race is not to
the swift nor the battle to the strong -
luck.
He braced up Solomon with Lord
Pacon, who said: at cannot be de-
MED that outward accidents conduce to
Advancement, and with Shakespeare,
that "many ships come in that were
not steerod.' He recited the incident
from the Croker Papers that the jibcs
of two Englishmen, dtiachcs to the
British Embassy in Paris, drove one Of
the young servants at the cQfc Of BOu-
villiers nearly crazy, and he ran away
and entered the army. He rose rapid
", became a Marshal of France, and
died the King OF Naples. The lee
turCr said the snceTs OF these snobs
made Murat immortal. Had they been
polite he would have died fat Partisan
cook.
Cicero was quoted rs holding that
"fortune and not wisdom govern mems
lives The affair of Caesar crossing
the Ionian Sea safely in a shallop in
spite Of Bibulous, the Commodore Of
Pompcy, watching the waters with
500 sails. He told how Sylla believed
i'll luck, for though victor in every
hattie. he refused the title Of NanRUs
and chose that of Fciir-lucky. Ju-
venal and the classics were cited on the
same line. After lauding Stonewall
jackson for his Valley campaign, he
gave a vivid history of the accidental
burning of Miller's bridge over the
Shenandoah and the sudden rise in
that river as the happy events that pre-
vented General Shields cutting off Jack
sons retreat lie brought Wellington
forward as affirming that on the
smallest accident great events hang, "
giving the illustration that the capture
of an English trooper after the battle
Of Yittoria and the information extract
cd from him saved the French army.
The dinner of lamb and onions three
days before Waterloo threw Napoleon
into a deadly sick headache, and so
Wellington, who, surprised in Bel
gium capital at the ball, WAS able to
make up the lost time while lethargy
marked the movement Of the sick EN-
perOr.
MIR. CLEVELAND.
The Doctor used Mr.. Cleveland as a
strong card for luck. He called him
the 4" Wizard of Fate" He said it re-
quired the conjunction of a dozen diff
ieront lucky hits to elect him. A forged
proxy for Folger gave Cleveland the
governorship of New York. Blaine S
keen ridicule of Conkling in Congress
when Cleveland was an obscure person
gave Cleveland the moral aid Of Lord
Roscoe" who if friendly to Blaine
would have cut away the thousand ma
jority for Cleveland Of votes III New
York.
The Doctor said the cornering and
cudgelling Of Beecher on an imp0llte
charge in the famous Plymouth trial
made Beecher vain to help any other
public man hcmmed in and horned that
way. There was a similar scandal on
the Democratic candidate. A kin.
drcd feeling makes us wondrous kind, "
and Beecher took the stump for Cleye-
land and made the great speech Of the
campaign. If the day of election had
been bright and balmy the whole Re
publican force, which is in the cOun-
try rather than in the cities OF
New York, would have been out ;
but the asthmatic and rheumatic men OF
"moral ideas feared the raw, bitter
weather lest they might catch their
death and get their reward too soon in
the other world and so stayed at
home-a happy thing for Grover. But
Blaine was ahead, when just in the
nick of time Burchard rushed out with
the three Rs and hamstrung his own
horse. "Was there ever such luck 2
said the Doctor. And continuing, he
added: His luck didn't end with the
presidency. He is not beauty, not
an Apollo Belvedere. He is fat, fluffy,
fallstafian. His jowles bulge. " lie
lards the lean earth as he walks" Hi:
huge face looks like full moon through
lens, shining spheroid dimpled with
volcanic abyss and bump, yet he mar
ried the handsOmest woman OH the con
tinent.
The Doctor declared that Cleveland
would be renominated by acclamation
that the fifty thousand Republican
ce-holders, their cousins, uncles
and aunts, would go this time fol
Cleveland out of gratitude, and thai
the million of Democrats, hungry fol
their places, who work for Cleveland
with the belief that when in for his las
term he would surely turn the rascali
out" and they get in-in fact, The
podgy Grover would Just walk over th,
| course.
sIREs OF '76.
There was allusion TO the luck of tht